Cribbing off the Bard of Avon: an earmark by any other name would still smell as rotten. Such appears to be the case with the so-called fiscally conservative majority set to take control of Congress. You know the ones, those Republicans who were all fired up for a ban on spending earmarks. Turns out they’ve […]
Less than a month after surviving a coup to unseat her as chairman of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, Jennifer Roberts, a Democrat, is back to playing party politics and stirring up partisan ploys. Roberts earlier this month hatched an idea to send a letter of support and thanks to Congressional members of Mecklenburg’s […]
Luke 2:1-14 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up […]
“Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas.” – Ronald Reagan ———— “The Supreme Court has ruled that they […]
I thought global warming alarmists had hit rock bottom with revelations that their research books had been cooked with faulty facts, but I was wrong. This is a new low, courtesy of Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), who stoops to using Santa as a political weapon to advance a radical environmentalist agenda. This from The Huffington […]
Given the track record of our local weather gurus, I’ll believe it when I’m hip deep in it. Still, we’ll run with the theme and some other assorted holiday goodies. Let the caroling commence:
What could possibly go wrong? I mean aside from having two dysfunctional government entities merged into one with more consolidated power and authority, more and greater reach and scope, and more sprawling bureaucracy with less transparency and efficiency? City/County consolidation, despite professions to the contrary, isn’t about saving taxpayer dollars by shrinking government, at least […]
Kicking things off with some holiday cheer from Fiona Apple, The Waitresses, Natalie Merchant, and Steve Martin:
The kind that makes you laugh until you cry: the vaunted Future of the Library Task Force reports that merging some of the library system’s departments could only save about $290,000 a year, which is just a pinch more than the $225,000 being spent on – wait for it – the task force’s budget. Yes, […]
The governor of New York gets slapped with a hefty fine for accepting free tickets to a World Series game; Mecklenburg County commissioners and Charlotte city councilmembers continue to receive “free” tickets to the annual CIAA basketball tourney, after greasing the skids by doling out $400K a year of your tax dollars to the CIAA. […]
